New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-28
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From me Lecislon lMej journal.

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Ia..s !e.rs i4o La cs,isauAe 1-c n.Ss'erios VI
sI.itaai.sI Dus 10 bo tti4ONUI a. az la Tat Cult
4OiiVMi5 story
Just a..vI tDo ~a4 proAo there was a man
Dy Ea4ho Va ii9sea ID. I.iLt4!; NAO LNCd in L.c
Town .uiofd Ae kept S.V4o IA hH.Ord, and
va Lostiua,teI IA the aeaioAins Town Vi Dialley.
a4d owned iaIsc a4arc ia Tic bauic>
company WIN ooslan Litue % Portland.
az Little uleG about Tie tInc "a tAc Ou1.cak o.
the ChIi wal. AZ l.a1 tIAie a. 10 Wei Known, Inc
Southern COM, de4ac!, rut .A'ir ifl'aVere GA lho
IuciciaIi1 skipping " ~ dOnn Tie Nc5L IEars
ana aio-s tDo fioIaa coast. a: That unae II ~as
ivssiDiiity ior tnen 10 get Vessel IA
saIea tsil Was gong aions the rCu.e-
~Ar. Emeiy was a very strong spi.i .uaiist. man
by name VI Jsnn DicidOrd acied cIena and
assistant postmaster tAis NJ. Encr1
ealne down TO the store oDe noinins, aud 'ays;
'''JOAn III gong 10 CHATTER vessel iOad her
WIZ sAlpiii. bOal "a, aAd send her 10 CuUa.'
John ioohed up from his accounts anu siacd aI
him, and are you crazy, man, VI what the
the matter with YOU Don't you hnOw you can
gct Sessel insured tncsc ays on account VI those
says Emery: I'm going TO sct her insured
at ALL and nithcr am a iunduc. Little spHll
toll, oid the Vessel; aLd sic II 81 10 Cuba III
night
beue, ca spirits AID the unAnowable, / should
follow Inc advice VI NY spinis DGl your yisoh 10
All iuooIshile-sce II IL don tain Ca, so
M. EIueIy only sniiIed, and said he Was going To
Bangor " CHARTER u Vessel and load hcr. lie ina 30
ANA chartered brig; unn@ her lame wa, tie
Mary Ann The MAI! Ann Was Iodded With luniIc4'
seine lit,io ,..4o hereafter Nj. Emery down
to TIC store aud greeted BicAiOrd la Llis wise:
.Wcii, Iohn, 1 ncard from the brig last night
~ want ~ lnow,' said John Have GU got
he mad the handling " all the mail himself, and no
iey,rr Ind eou.c fOS MIR Emery since the big went
out sshI Mr. fiHery: 80 I've goG no letter Tut
last night / lcCei,od a communication from Lutte
and the world spirits and i1tte says that NC pS
il 80 MANY days OUT at such Longitude ana such u
latitude, naming the degree. ois eApo.lchoco q
ycy heavy eaic Yesterday, ahd CARED away soihe %
her small sails. NJ very soIiOas damage was buh-
tanned. my communication tells me, aud the bnr
kept her course m
him We'll. Mr. /
make "a note OF that lie TOOK down a little memo
andum and made minute Of The communicated Ins'
ward his employer came down to the store In me
morning and the inst thing he said was TINS wei
An, got another letter fiom the CapnP Mr.. Emery
chuckled little and answered NO, DuI Litue h4S
sent another communication
The Cap'n says in Titles communication that he
has been offered s27 thousand Tor bis cargo bIt
We'll says john Il guess, Mr.. Emery, IN make
minute Of that too some days thereafter , John
opens The mail In the morning, and finds ieIle'
postmarAcd Cuba for Mr.. Emery.
Emery came in after his MAJ" ana s snd be
Bcliord all the while had his eye on him. 10 ' se
II cve ny was po 'y yo make memorandum in re-
gard to tho bngP
".Get It and lots SEQ what you've written down.
"JOhn took down his memorandum, and the letter
and memorandum compared TO an iota
"The Cap'n ssald in his letter that 50 many days
out, IN such a latitude and such longitude be eS-
oa ssS a as sn s & aSa osn
wr,te that the brig arrived IN Cuba on the same Day
as told In the communication, and that on the dy OF
hs arrival he was offered s2s thousand ior Dis
lumber. . -
He entered into the daring scheme wholly on tho
strength of spiritualism and tho reality Of Little =
sDirit No one at that time but him would have
thought Of such an undertaking, as eyerybody pre-
dIctcd that Confederate pnvateers would gobble up
tho brig lumber and all. ~
"Mr' Emery was one of the wealtbiest and best
known lumber Operators VI the PenobscOt for many
years At the time Of this wonderful expedition "
created big stir in Penobscot County, and evGry
one predicted it, entire failure. Some people thought
Mr. Emery Insane"